From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 23 14:24:00 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 532465E5; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:24:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmiller@verisign.com) Received: from exprod6og112.obsmtp.com (exprod6og112.obsmtp.com [64.18.1.29]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A89142158; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:23:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from peregrine.verisign.com ([216.168.239.74]) (using TLSv1) by exprod6ob112.postini.com ([64.18.5.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKUkBO+P3IfHrZVN9P9n01QGk123ogiZSu@postini.com; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:23:59 PDT Received: from brn1wnexcas02.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com (brn1wnexcas02.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com [10.173.152.206]) by peregrine.verisign.com (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id r8NCQI8g013846 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=FAIL); Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:26:22 -0400 Received: from BRN1WNEXMBX01.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com ([::1]) by brn1wnexcas02.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com ([::1]) with mapi id 14.02.0342.003; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 08:26:18 -0400 From: "Miller, Vincent (Rick)" To: FreeBSD , "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-announce@freebsd.org" Subject: vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days! Thread-Topic: vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days! Thread-Index: AQHOuFgaLAC8n5osEkOFmI1TOqIaoQ== Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:26:17 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: user-agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.13.0.110805 x-originating-ip: [10.173.152.4] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:24:00 -0000 Hi all, There are only 30 more days left to register for Verisign's vBSDcon. Onlin= e registrations will become unavailable October 23, 2013. For those planni= ng to attend, we encourage you to register soon at http://www.vbsdcon.com/.= You will not want to miss this event. There will presentations by severa= l well seasoned technologists such as Baptiste Darroussin on the subject of= "PkgNG", a new packaging system for FreeBSD based system such as FreeBSD, = PC-BSD, and Dragonfly BSD. Baptiste has a background in UNIX Systems Engineering and is involved in mu= ltiple facets of the FreeBSD project including being a Ports committer for = 3 years and a src committer for 2 years. His involvement also includes bein= g a member of the Port management team. PkgNG, a new package management fra= mework for FreeBSD, is one of Baptiste's primary roles where he is a lead d= eveloper. In addition to plenary speakers, vBSDcon will also feature after conference= hours Hacker Lounges and Doc Sprints. These sessions will be available fo= r the entire BSD communities to include NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and other= BSD based distributions to have a collaborative space to work and communic= ate with one another. Complimentary wireless internet access will also be = available. We look forward to seeing you all there for this opportunity to come togeth= er as a community. Remember, online registrations will close on October 23= , 2013. Register for vBSDcon at http://www.vbsdcon.com/. -- Vincent (Rick) Miller Systems Engineer vmiller@verisign.com t: 703.948.4395 m: 703.581.3068 12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, VA 20190 http://www.vbsdcon.com/ http://www.verisigninc.com/ "This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of t= he individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain informati= on that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential and exempt fro= m disclosure under applicable law or may be constituted as attorney work pr= oduct. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that = any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is s= trictly prohibited. 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From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 23 18:51:34 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52941516; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:51:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mail.lariat.net (mail.lariat.net [66.62.230.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9C87218C; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:51:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Toshi.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.net@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA14047; Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:51:23 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <201309231851.MAA14047@mail.lariat.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:51:18 -0600 To: FreeBSD , "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] vBSDcon Registrations Only Open For 30 More Days! In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:51:34 -0000 All: It's good to see corporate support of BSD, but at the same time I have mixed feelings about certain corporations -- Verisign among them -- hosting BSD-related conferences or becoming involved in the development of BSD-based operating systems. Why? Because Verisign, based in Reston, Virginia (the city next door to Vienna, VA, home of the NSA), has strong ties to this shadowy agency. The NSA, in turn -- as reported in documents recently leaked by Edward Snowden -- has a very strong interest in weakening the security of cryptographic algorithms, cryptographic software, and operating systems. We may want to look this gift horse very carefully in the mouth, or at least monitor very closely "contributions" of code that might introduce backdoors or weaknesses. --Brett Glass